# NTSB LAX72AL050: Cessna 172F, N8744U, Missing Aircraft, February 29, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: February 29, 1972
- Place: Missing Aircraft · MISSING AIRCRAFT, UN
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report September 12, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 165357
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX72AL050
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX72AL050

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0100  72/2/29    MISSING AIRCRAFT    CESSNA 172F         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 36, 129
        TIME - UNK/NR                  N8744U              PX-  1  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 42 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          CATALINA IS,CALIF           SAN DIEGO,CALIF
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISSING AIRCRAFT,NOT RECOVERED                           UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        REMARKS- DMG & INJ INDEX PRESUMED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8744U](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8744U-1973-05-24), registration cancelled 1973-05-24, S/N 17252648 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172F
- Registry model: [Cessna 172F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f) (registry code 2072414) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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